W05 Site Design Guidelines and switching... maybe.

This week was a very different week for me. This week I spent several hours playing with Squarespace and loved the look that I was coming up with there. After a while, I ran into a problem that I didn't know how to fix and having a hard time coming up with a solution. I decided to check out Wix and see if this problem was easier to manipulate there. It was they already had the button I needed built-in on one of their site designs. I started playing with Wix and love the way that the site is coming together. Now I have two sites and I love both of their designs for different reasons. I am not sure what to do.

Overall this has probably been one of my hardest weeks because I am not sure what way to go now. I know that the design of the website is the first building block and I am not sure what block I want to use.

W04 Picking a Site Builder and Choosing a Host

      This week was probably my favorite week so far because I was surprised the whole time. I am so grateful that we were able to compare site builders this week. When I started this class I had a site builder in mind but this week based on my needs for my business I changed my idea completely The site that I was going to use wasn't the best site. Before this week started I wouldn't have told you why a site needed a host. Now I can. I am grateful that Squarespace already has one built-in so I don't have to worry about the set at this point in time. 

      I am grateful to understand how to find the best one because if in the future I want to set up a more sophisticated website with a different site builder then I will understand more on how to find the best host.

Overall this week I feel like I am gaining the knowledge I need to run a successful web business.

W03 Reflection Affiliate Marketing & Drop Shipping.

At the beginning of this week, we learned how to compare businesses for products and the best way to decide if a business would work for your current situation. When you are looking for business to use as your inventory you need to be aware of things like shipping time, shipping cost and the quality of your products. When you look at all of these different categories of starting a business it is easier to push companies that won't for you aside faster. 

The next thing we learned was the pros and cons of Affiliate Marketing and Drop Shipping. Overall if I had a lot of time to start a business I would choose drop shipping. It would be a lot of fun to open up and run my own business and drop shipping makes it easy because you don't have to deal with any inventory. Affiliate Marketing I feel it is a great business for people to start if they don't have a lot of time on their hands. It is a great way to help people find products that they will love and not have to deal with customer service or inventory of the products that you promote.

W02 Reflection

This week in my Web Business Creation class we learned so many great tools that I will be able to use in the future. The most important thing that I  learned this week was Google Keywords. Learning Google Keywords is so essential to an online business. I love this tool. It helps bring a different perspective that an idea that sounds good to you and makes sense might not be the best idea because of time management or money to spend on advertising My husband and me when we were first thinking about starting a business we thought an auction site would be a great business to do on the side. After looking at google ads and how much it would cost to advertise for this business. One of the other things that I was grateful to learn was the process of choosing a business excel sheet. It was great to see the best options for my budget, time and effort that I want to put in the business. I love how this class is teaching me hands-on because I feel like I am learning more and retain more when I am actually applying what I am learning.